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Weber Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Weber Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$885k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$2.1MPhilanthropy$159kRecreation & Sports$90kCommunity Improvement$58kEnvironment$28kFood & Nutrition$28kYouth Development$20kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $250k+1 grant · $800k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$800,000
SPENCER YOUTH RECREATIONS INC$30,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PORTAGE COUNTY$20,000
MARSHFIELD AREA UNITED WAY$10,000
MARSHFIELD AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MARSHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$3,000
MEMORY LANE FARM$2,000
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION$2,000
WISCONSIN FOUNDATION FOR SCHOOL MUSIC$1,000
LUCILLE TACK CENTER FOR THE ARTS$1,000
MAIN STREET MARSHFIELD$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 16 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
13

Total granted

$2.4M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
+7%

Still filing today

69%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MA
    MARSHFIELD AREA UNITED WAY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +15%
  • MP
    MARSHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +86%
  • WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE MEAD WILDLIFE AREA
    one grant, 2024 · $28k
  • AR
    ALTRUIST RELIEF KITCHEN
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • MA
    MARSHFIELD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -31%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fondy Food Center Inc

He fondy food center connects greater milwaukee to local, fresh food- from farm to market to table - so that children learn better, adults live healthier, and communities celebrate cultural food traditions.

Food & Nutrition
2
Wmc Litigation Center Inc

The wmc litigation center's mission is to represent clients in legal actions to foster and protect the free enterprise system.

Education
3
Wisconsin Center for Nursing Inc

The mission of wisconsin center for nursing, inc. is to assure an adequate, well-prepared and diverse nurse workforce for the people of wisconsin. the work of the wisconsin center for nursing continues to be focused in five core nursing…

Arts & Culture
4
Madison Children's Museum Inc

Madison children's museum connects children with their families, their communities, and the world beyond through discovery learning and creative play. madison children's museum strives to be a welcoming, imaginative, joyful learning…

Arts & Culture
5
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
6
Marbleseed Inc

Marbleseed educates, inspires, and empowers farmers to thrive in a sustainable, organic system of agriculture.

Health
7
Little River Wetlands Project Inc

To restore and protect wetlands in the historic watershed of the little river, a major tributary of the wabash river, and to provide educational opportunities that encourage good stewardship of wetlands and other natural ecosystems.

Environment
8
Markesan Historical Society
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9
Groundswell Conservancy Inc

We protect special places, forever.

Environment
10
Maui Nui Resiliency Hui

Maui nui resiliency hui (mnrh) is committed to creating a more resilient and equitable future for maui county by focusing on affordable housing solutions that empower our community members. our mission is to collaborate, educate, and…

Education
11
Marion County Development Partnership Inc

The mission of the marion county development partnership is to provide a framework within which public and private resources can be utilized effectively to promote economic development in marion county.

Community Improvement
12
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marshfield Area United Way; the most unlike its peers is Altruist Relief Kitchen. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS INC: $2,116,576 · OtherCOLUMBUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS INC+20 more: $146,450 · Other+20 moreMARSHFIELD AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $138,000 · PhilanthropyMARSHFIELD AREA UNITED WAY: $21,000 · PhilanthropySPENCER YOUTH RECREATIONS INC: $90,000 · Recreation & SportsMEMORY LANE FARM INC: $27,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PORTAGE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentALTRUIST RELIEF KITCHEN: $10,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · InternationalWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLUCILLE TACK CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN FOUNDATION FOR SCHOOL MUSIC INC: $3,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,263,026Philanthropy$159,000Recreation & Sports$90,000Youth Development$47,000International$16,000Arts & Culture$11,000Crime & Legal$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARSHFIELD AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $138,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSPENCER YOUTH RECREATIONS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetNEILLSVILLE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetMEMORY LANE FARM INC: $27,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMARSHFIELD AREA UNITED WAY: $21,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALTRUIST RELIEF KITCHEN: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMARSHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARSHFIELD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANNAH CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWISCONSIN FOUNDATION FOR SCHOOL MUSIC INC: $3,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLUCILLE TACK CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET MARSHFIELD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARSHFIELD CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Nelson-Jameson Founda…Umhoefer Foundation I…Marshfield Area Commu…Marshfield Area Unite…Green Bay Packers Fou…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Nelson-Jameson Foundation IncWI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nelson-Jameson Foundation Inc · Umhoefer Foundation Inc · Marshfield Area Community Foundation Inc · Marshfield Area United Way · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Weber Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weber Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Weber Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Weber Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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